Smith v. City of Allentown, No. 09-1998

By FindLaw Staff on December 23, 2009 2:26 PM

In plaintiff's suit against a city and its mayor claiming discrimination based upon his age and political affiliation after he was discharged as a city superintendent (he had been appointed by a former Republican mayor), summary judgment in favor of the defendants is affirmed as plaintiff failed to produce evidence that his allegedly inadequate job performance was a pretext for unlawful discrimination of any kind.

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